Coal-car cover.



ANNA. GERTRUDE HAHN, OF CENTERVILLE, EJIARYLANI).

COAL-CAR COVER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

.;n,ten.tged Pilar. 5, 15H8.

Application 'filed ugust 27, 191?. Serial No, 188,432.

oai' rover and the principal objet-.t oli' the invention lo provih'l n (rover 5o eonti-mated that. the lon` Lndinal side sections thereof may he Swungg out olf the \va v when loading or unloading und may then he swung; to extend Vover the l :ul :1nd retain the load in place thus preventingr waste ai; the trein pennen over rough 'places in the road and. john the cnrs.

,-x'nother ohjeet oli the invention is to so ron'filruet the cover that, the end portions will he solid und noty only- :idd :strength in reoistingf l-rmgit'udiinil niovenient o'I the lon Vl but, further provides strong' nupl'iorts iloi' the end portions or' the movable side lwotions.

Another ohjeet of the 'invention in to en construct thil (zover that, ily ono oe easily eonneoted with a eoal ear ol" a conventional 'mistruotion and thus [wi'niitted lo he an neoted Wit/h oars already in use.

This invention 'illustrated in lu aocoint pani/'ing drawings, wherein1- Figure 1 is a View shonf'ingg the cover and n portion of a roal car in Side elevatio i,

Figi is a top plnn View olf the n'nlnwoved rover, and,

Fig'. 3 in :i trnnSvelse neellol'ial View tal-Zen alone' the line 9)3 of Fig'. ll

he hover in eonneeted with the von! ear lt) the upper 'portion of' which i9 Shown in Fig, 'l and in Fig'. 3 :and is Ypi'ovuleo al enen thus be seen 'that when it, is desired to 10nd or unload the our, the side sections may he :swungI outwardly thus permitting ready aocei to the interior of the ear, Eyes 17 eX- tend from the Strips 'il and. meet when the cover in in a cloned position thun permitting a lool; lo to he pnl; in plnee lo hold the cover closed. When the eover in elosed, there vvill he Qrovided meansl il'or holding the Coal in place und not, onlyY preventing tho foal 'from lle-inn' spilled l'z'oin the enr when. the train in inovingz hutr further :lo eonstructod thnt the rinnovi-.l olz the eonl from the var o v unnuthorized persons will he pre 'ventml. There has further heen provided n cover no constructed thnt longitudinal nioving of the coal caused hy coupling ol' ears will not he liahlo to tear the cover loose,

I have thus provided n very servieenhlo ern' Cove' .so eontrueted that the. coal will he, securely held in pince und further 5o con ntriufled that the rover may he rendiijf 9onnerted with n var nh'eadjv' in use.

1What l@ fflainied i.'

Vln :1, device oit the ehni'neter deserihed ay reeeptaole `provided 'with :nde :1nd end walls and harii'ip; an own upprr end, :nul n. more: t'or Said rwwnnele Compri in;r solid end Walle connected Iwith the end ival-` olf the roeeptaole and having' curved Siden, side strips leadingA 'lroio one end vvall oli the over to the other nlong' the side '.valls: o'l" the receptacle. nido sof-tioin: "for the rover having end Stripe' renting upon the end walls oi the over7 and coniioi'ining lo the thereof, longitiulinnllv extending Podo enrried hv the end Stripsn eyes eai'riod h v the Hide stripe :vnd engaging the tow" rod to hingef'llv mount the side Sections, lonritib dinallv extending' .strife extending between the end strips :it: n li'oe miden ol said .weetionf-. and menno roten nhif.' ooi'mevtinfl' the :fide otrim of the .wide finitions; tio hohl ihn Side ."ai'fetiniw in n rloed 'Munition in te:-' inionf 'whereof alli): niv Signature in preoenee oi" two witnesses.

ANNA (lrERTRUDE 'KA'IN Vitn asses JAMES T. BRIGHT7 YV. L, HOLTON,

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